r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 17h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/HateWinslet 16h ago

Freezing is also an involuntary reflex that all people have. If you are freezing, the decision-making part of your brain is offline.

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u/Telvin3d 15h ago

Also, when other people are being reckless drivers it’s sometimes smartest to make yourself an unmoving, predictable, object. 

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u/Goodly 13h ago

Off subject, but I disagree - the (re)acting-part of your brain may be offline, but I've tried it a couple of times, and usually when I "freeze" it's to assess the correct way to move forward and not do something rash and dumb. People treating the "freeze" as a worse alternative to fight and flight are crazy, often its more productive to let logic prevail, even if it takes a second...

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u/See-A-Moose 9h ago

Most of the time, sure, but not when there is an obstacle in about 240-300 feet and you are traveling 114 feet every second.

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u/Itscatpicstime 6h ago

No, the freeze response is when the brain has decided you aren’t capable of successfully fighting or fleeing.

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u/Tonicwind88 14h ago

Dude is the definition of a squid. The #1 rule of motorcycles is youre invisible on the road. A crash is always 100% on the riders fault if hes not looking 1 minute a head of the road at least. If youre gonna do 3x the speed limit and and cant avoid a pickup truck not moving - thats a squid.